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Spring 2008 Moments
of Madness?
Panelists:
Irena Grudzinska Gross, Claudio
Lomnitz, James Miller, Martin Palous, Ann Snitow, Aristide Zolberg,
Vera Zolberg Spring 2008
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and the Writing Program of Eugene Lang College Anything but an Angel: A Tribute to Zbigniew Herbert An evening of
poetry readings and conversation dedicated to the work of the Polish
poet Zbigniew Herbert (1924-1998) on the occasion of the American
publication by Ecco Press of The Collected Poems of Zbigniew Herbert.
A copy of the publication will be presented at the event to the poet's
widow, Katarzyna Herbert. ________________________________ Translation does not appear high on the list of concerns for scholars, even in today’s globalizing world in which scholars themselves, and their products, travel ever more freely across international borders. Obviously, translation deserves more attention because of its crucial role in communication. But should scholars themselves make the effort to translate? Andrzej W. Tymowski is Director of International Programs at the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of a number f articles on social movements in the East European transformation and has taught at Emory and Yale Universities. __________________________________________________ Anna Di Lellio is the editor of The Case of Kosova (London: Anthem Press, 2006), a collection of essays on Kosovo history, politics and culture. She has written essays on media intervention in Kosovo and post-war Pan-Albanian master narratives. Dr. Di Lellio currently teaches at the Kosovo Institute of Journalism and Communication and the New School for Social Research in New York. She has worked for years in Kosovo, more recently as political adviser to the Prime Minister, earlier as Media Commissioner (the interim regulator of local broadcasting and print media for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo); research analyst for the International Organization for Migration on the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) program of reintegration; and political adviser to the UN Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Columbia University and a Masters in Public Policy from the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University. _____________________________________ Was Pontius Pilate a Liberal Democrat? Democracy between Relativism and the Absolute Adam
Michnik, former dissident, historian, writer, lecturer and
one of Poland’s leading journalists, is co-founder and editor-in-chief
of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest and first independent daily newspaper.
A life-long activist for human rights, he was detained many times
between 1965 and 1986, spending a total of six years in prison for
his opposition to the communist regime. An adviser to the Solidarity
trade union federation during the 1980s, he was a negotiator for the
Solidarity team during the Round Table negotiations of 1989 between
representatives of the government, Solidarity and other groups that
brought an end to communist rule in Poland. Following the Round Table
talks, Michnik served as a member of the first non-communist Sejm
(Lower House) from 1989 to 1991. He is the author of many essays,
articles and books, including Letters from Prison and Other Essays
and Letters from Freedom: Post-Cold War Realities and Perspectives.
He has received numerous awards in recognition of his advocacy of
democracy and press freedom, including the Robert F. Kennedy Human
Rights Award in 1986 and OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy in
1996.
Democratization in the Western Hemisphere: Prospects and Challenges Presider: Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
Born in Mexico City in 1953, Dr. Castañeda received undergraduate degrees from both Princeton University and Universite de Paris-I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), an M.A. from Ecole Pratique de Hautes Etudes, Paris I, and his Ph.D. in the History of Economics from the University of Paris. He has taught at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM), Princeton and Berkeley. Dr. Castañeda was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1985-87), and was a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant Recipient (1989-1991). Among his many books are Utopia Unarmed: The Latin American Left after the Cold War (1993), The Mexican Shock (1995), Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara (1997), and Perpetuating Power: How Mexican Presidents Were Chosen (2000). Dr. Castañeda is a regular columnist for the Mexican daily Reforma, The Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek International. ________________________________________________________________________________ The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Fifty Years On Charles GATI, Professor, European Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, speaking on the influence of the US (including the CIA and Radio Free Europe) and the role of Prime Minister Imre Nagy. Csaba BÉKÉS, Founding Director, Cold War History Research Center, and Visiting Fulbright Professor at New York University, 2006-2007, speaking on the Cold War context; Soviet decision-making in 1956; and the role of the Suez Crisis and the United Nations. Attila SZAKOLCZAI, Senior Research Fellow, the 1956 Institute in Budapest, speaking on the role of the fighting groups and revolutionary organizations; events in the countryside; and reprisals following the revolution. The discussion will be moderated by Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory The New School for Social Research
Faculty Commentators included Prof. David Plotke, Prof. Simon Critchley, Prof. Alice Crary, Prof. Ellen Freeberg, Prof. Elzbieta Matynia, and others. ________________________________________________ Women
of the Underground §
Shana Penn, author of Solidarity's Secret and a visiting scholar
at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley ________________________________________________ Gendering Public Memory Vesna Kesic is a prominent journalist, feminist, and peace activist who has long been working in former Yugoslavia and Croatia. She graduated from the New School in 2002 and is currently a Fulbright New Century Scholar at TCDS. ________________________________________________ Class, Democracy, and the Politics of Postcommunism: Or, Why Solidarity Turned to the Right Prof. Ost is author of the new book The Defeat of Solidarity: Anger and Politics in Postcommunist Europe (Cornell University Press).
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